Black Wii

[J9HHY]

Has anyone bought a kit to change the case? Seen some on ebay and was wondering if anyone would recommend me a kit.

 

[Rich-D]

been thinking of this myself as everything else I have is black... the TV, stand, SKy HD, surround system, 360 Elite & PS3

so the Wii stands out like a sore thumb, I even stripped my 360's HD DVD drive down and painted it satin black to match, LOL

this one looks pretty good >>> http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NINTENDO-WII-...s_JN?hash=item518ce5b8e4&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

 

[J9HHY]

Yep, thats the one I have been looking at. Need a triwing screwdriver too. If I can sell a few things on ebay I will get one I think. If u do first let me know what it like! Same boat as u, all black things now I have upgraded to a elite

 

[swordjo]

Can you not just buy one of the wraps for it? Save's taking it apart.

 

[J9HHY]

Just bought one off ebay. Will take picks of before and after when I get it! Watch this space.....

 

[Rich-D]

Just bought one off ebay. Will take picks of before and after when I get it! Watch this space.....

cool, post up on here please and take lots of photos

 

[C.J]

I covered mine in a black vinyl, looks good, but took it off after 6 months.

Some old pics:

 

[Rich-D]

why did you take it off again?

I see you've done your 360 HD-DVD drive too

 

[C.J]

why did you take it off again?

I see you've done your 360 HD-DVD drive too

Well spotted

The HD drive still has it on, but the Wii was moved to the bedroom, and looked better in white in there.

A cheap and easy mod though, only cost about £5.

 

[VeinAST]

I sold my Wii after a few months... really was boring.

 

[C.J]

^ Had mine since launch, and tbh it's used once every 2months for a day or two.

 

[Rich-D]

I actually stripped my HD-DVD drive down and sprayed it, rather than stickering it up, looks awesome

 

[Storm_Force]

Just bought one off ebay. Will take picks of before and after when I get it! Watch this space.....

Cool looking to do mine as well, pics asap plz

 

[Storm_Force]

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[J9HHY]

Right, got it with in a couple of days, very well packaged. The only thing is no instructions!! I will keep it short and say give yourself a couple of hours. It involves a lot of unscrewing little screws which are all different so it would be good to write down where they all go (which I didn't and didn't have a clue which ones went where so had a few left over). For this u will need the Triwing Screwdriver (available from same seller) and a precision screwdriver set. Not only is there lots of little screws to undo u have to take the insides apart quite a lot. I was a little worried at first but it wasn't too bad. It can be very fiddly at times and fat shaky fingers wont do! Here are some pics, happy with results all though it was very fiddly. Some pics a bit crappy, only took quickly

Before

How it came

After

Out of focus this pic but u can see high quality finish down the side

Now all I need to do is sort the wires out!

The ebay seller is electronic_entertainment_uk

Link to what I bought

Case
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NINTENDO-WII-...s_VideoGameAccessories_JN?hash=item518ce5b8e4

Tri wing Screwdriver
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/TRIWING-SCREW...s_VideoGameAccessories_JN?hash=item56351d1e13

 

[martynh]

Some one has been listening...

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/black-wii-for-europe-next-month

 

[Rich-D]

so are you happy with it?

does it look OEM?

 

[Gally]

Flolo at the wires!

 

[C.J]

Flolo at the wires!

I wouldn't be able to watch TV

If I see one wire, I'm behind the set in a flash.

 

[J9HHY]

I don't think its perfect like OEM but its not something you look really closely at. For £20 I think its worth it.

 

[CupDude]

Looks good! Get your cables sorted tho..

 

[Rich-D]

I don't think its perfect like OEM but its not something you look really closely at. For £20 I think its worth it.

very tempted now...